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<h3 class="section">7.87 <code>.string</code> &quot;<var>str</var>&quot;, <code>.string8</code> &quot;<var>str</var>&quot;, <code>.string16</code></h3>
<p>&quot;<var>str</var>&quot;, <code>.string32</code> &quot;<var>str</var>&quot;, <code>.string64</code> &quot;<var>str</var>&quot;
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<p>Copy the characters in <var>str</var> to the object file.  You may specify more than
one string to copy, separated by commas.  Unless otherwise specified for a
particular machine, the assembler marks the end of each string with a 0 byte.
You can use any of the escape sequences described in <a href="Strings.html#Strings">Strings</a>.
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<p>The variants <code>string16</code>, <code>string32</code> and <code>string64</code> differ from
the <code>string</code> pseudo opcode in that each 8-bit character from <var>str</var> is
copied and expanded to 16, 32 or 64 bits respectively.  The expanded characters
are stored in target endianness byte order.
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<p>Example:
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<pre class="smallexample">	.string32 &quot;BYE&quot;
expands to:
	.string   &quot;B\0\0\0Y\0\0\0E\0\0\0&quot;  /* On little endian targets.  */
	.string   &quot;\0\0\0B\0\0\0Y\0\0\0E&quot;  /* On big endian targets.  */
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